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03-30-2017 , 02:15 PM

iangleshoot

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Yvgeniy Timoshenko gets scammed by ex-roommate. He could've lost less but it took him so long to make a decision on it he lost much more.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.3014023

03-30-2017 , 02:23 PM

FWWM

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Wasn't that the guy who was like taking forever for every decision at the WSOP?

03-30-2017 , 03:55 PM

TheGramuel

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FWWM

Wasn't that the guy who was like taking forever for every decision at the WSOP?

lol

Not sure why relevant, but yeah he's known to take a lot of time.

03-30-2017 , 03:55 PM

senorbb

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playing slow can cause you to get scammed confirmed

03-30-2017 , 05:17 PM

TheFly

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Timoshenko confirmed busto?

03-30-2017 , 05:20 PM

Wildspoke

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FWWM

Wasn't that the guy who was like taking forever for every decision at the WSOP?

Well, it did take him 5 years to sue the guy... so yeah story checks out.

03-30-2017 , 05:44 PM

whitemares

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I'm amazed at how trusting of others some high stakes players are when it comes to money.

03-30-2017 , 05:46 PM

BackDoorFlush

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Man gets robbed on the subway. When will people stop taking the subway?

Way too much victim blaming on this site.

03-30-2017 , 06:09 PM

whitemares

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I'm not saying it's entirely his fault, it's just something that I personally don't understand.

edit:

Quote:

Originally Posted by BackDoorFlush

Man gets robbed on the subway. When will people stop taking the subway?

I think you can probably find a better analogy.

03-30-2017 , 07:48 PM

#10

Monorail

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Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 991

Anyone else presume that all of those "loans" and "advances" were just cover for props/degenning-gone-bad which YT knows would otherwise be unenforceable, or was that just me?

Also, lol'd so much @

Quote:

Timoshenko, who now lives in Seattle, had loaned Gu $50,000 to invest in penny stocks — but hasn't been repaid for that advance, his suit claims.
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He's also out an additional $1,160 for courtside basketball tickets and $1,800 for legal fees related to the Gu's penny stocks, Timoshenko says.

03-30-2017 , 07:49 PM

#11

ArtyMcFly

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"Timoshenko also asked Gu to hold onto $10,000 cash for safekeeping while he was in London.

Gu agreed — but didn’t give it back to Timoshenko after he asked for it back."

03-30-2017 , 08:17 PM

#12

rakemeplz

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I don't always lend someone money to invest in penny stocks, but when I do its in the tens of thousands.

03-30-2017 , 08:36 PM

#13

MaxPowers411

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BackDoorFlush

Way too much victim blaming on this site.

QFT

These dumb threads. "when will they learn"
They act like there's a 50/50 shot you'll be scammed if you lend money. Reality is there's thousands of times poker players lend money with no issues.

03-30-2017 , 09:11 PM

#14

EastCoastBalla

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Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 1,765

Is this really newsworthy? I mean who the hell cares about 2 guys in some sort of dispute over rent money.

Yvgeniy: "You owe me 90 grand"

Frank: "No I don't"

Yvgeniy: "Yes you do"

And this **** makes a local paper?

03-30-2017 , 09:49 PM

#15

bjornb

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told ya

03-30-2017 , 10:17 PM

#16

borg23

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxPowers411

QFT

These dumb threads. "when will they learn"
They act like there's a 50/50 shot you'll be scammed if you lend money. Reality is there's thousands of times poker players lend money with no issues.

It's not 50/50 but it ends bad way more often than people think.

03-30-2017 , 10:30 PM

#17

MaxPowers411

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Quote:

Originally Posted by borg23

It's not 50/50 but it ends bad way more often than people think.

Well I would guess 0.3% of the time a player lends money they get scammed probably not even that high of a %. But you're telling me its "way more" than that. So throw a number out. Are you saying 10% of the time someone lends money they get scammed?
Thousands of these 'transactions'/agreements are made every year in the poker world. This would not be the case if 5-10% of the time people were being scammed.

03-30-2017 , 10:34 PM

#18

bot01101

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For sure over 10%

03-31-2017 , 12:24 AM

#19

NoExit

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I would say at this point, if you get scammed in poker, shame on you.

03-31-2017 , 01:12 AM

#20

DickeLatte

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NoExit

I would say at this point, if you get scammed in poker, shame on you.

in regards to being an idiot, antanas surely considers you to be qualified.

03-31-2017 , 01:45 AM

#21

Punker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bot01101

For sure over 10%

There's not much to say about this other than lol.

03-31-2017 , 10:47 AM

#22

heehaww

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxPowers411

Well I would guess 0.3% of the time a player lends money they get scammed probably not even that high of a %

When the loan is for betting on penny stocks, it's about 0.350% that you'll ever see that money again.

03-31-2017 , 02:24 PM

#23

Aruj Reis

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,688

It's like that episode of Cheers where Sam didn't place the parlay bet for Woody. Just pay up $1 per day for 10,000 days. What's the big deal?

03-31-2017 , 02:33 PM

#24

Avaritia

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ArtyMcFly

"Timoshenko also asked Gu to hold onto $10,000 cash for safekeeping while he was in London.

Gu agreed — but didn’t give it back to Timoshenko after he asked for it back."

Quote:

Originally Posted by rakemeplz

I don't always lend someone money to invest in penny stocks, but when I do its in the tens of thousands.

Made a scene at the office I laughed so hard at these. Well done